STRONGS G2221:
ζωγρέω,
-ῶ; perfect passive participle
ἐζωγρημένος; (
ζωός alive, and
ἀγρέω [poetic form of
ἀγρεύω, which see]);
1. to take alive (Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, others;
Sept.).
2. universally,
to take, catch, capture:
ἐζωγρημένοι ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ (i. e. τοῦ διαβόλου)
εἰς τὸ ἐκείνου θέλημα, if they are held captive to do his will,
2 Timothy 2:26 [others make
ἐζ.
ὑπ’ αὐτ. parenthetic and refer
ἐκείνου to God; see
ἐκεῖνος, 1 c.; cf. Ellicott, in the place cited];
ἀνθρώπους ἔσῃ ζωγρῶν, thou shalt catch men,
i. e. by teaching thou shalt win their souls for the kingdom of God,
Luke 5:10.
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